Today Dutch streaming website Fabchannel, which specialises in live concerts from the famous Amnsterdam Paradiso club, released a new service, the Fabplayer Beta. The Fabplayer enables music fans to integrate concert videos on their blogs, community profiles, websites and desktops. The Fabplayer is the very first ‘embedded’ player that makes live concerts available to fans […]
Canalplay to offer download-to-own, HD for rent
The Canal+ Group has launched a new version of its Canalplay download site offering over 2,000 videos including 1,300 feature length movies. The web site offers two new features: download-to-own and HD. Consumers can order a movie for prices starting at 9.99 euro for library titles and keep a permanent copy on their hard disc […]
Kiosque to become Cine+
The French media authority CSA has approved of a name change of the pay-per-view service Kiosque. The service offered on the combined Canalsat/TPS bouquet will from now be on called Cine+. It is available to all people subscribing to the service on the Canalsat DTH sevice.
France 24 deemed inefficient
Just weeks after the December launch of international French news channel France 24 the Commission for Foreign Affairs has concluded that France needs to organise it’s international broadcasting more efficiently. The commission started an investigation after “France’s answer to BBC and CNN” took to the air late last year. The main recommendation: the fledgling news […]
TV Vlaanderen claims 30,000 households
Flemish DTH operator claims 30,000 households connected since their official launch in June, 2006. “These strong results show there is a need for an independent Flemish provider for digital television, ” said Kurt Pauwels, general manager of TV Vlaanderen, “This means we have reached already our goal for the first twelve months. We are confident […]
Hot Bird passes 1,000 channels
Eutelsat Communications has said it has broken the barrier of 1,000 video channels in the Hotbird satellite neighbourhood, which grew by 273 channels over the past two years to over 1,050 at end December 2006. The company also announced headline results of its two-year survey of satellite and cable homes. Set up in 1994, the […]
Next step for T-DMB in Korea
T-DMB will be made available across South Korea starting in the first half of this year, according to Arirang News. The service was launched by Korean broadcasters in late 2005, mainly in the Seoul metropolitan area. Through it, a number of TV channels can be viewed on mobile phones and other hand-held devices from manufacturers […]
Netflix to offer ‘instant’ online video
Netflix, the American online movie rental service, yesterday introduced a new feature that allows people to immediately watch movies and television series on their PCs and said it will make the new feature available to its subscribers in a phased roll-out over the next six months. Subscribers will continue to receive DVDs by mail from […]
The Venice Project reveals true identity
And the name is…Joost. Today, the company formerly known under the code name The Venice Project has revealed its official brand, Joost. Currently available in private beta testing, Joost combines the best of TV and the best of the Internet by offering viewers a TV-like experience enhanced with the choice, control and flexibility of Web […]
South Korea to launch commercial IPTV service
South Korea will introduce commercial Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) services within this year, the nation’s Information Minister Rho Jun Hyong has said, according to the ABU. IPTV is one of the South Korean government’s newly introduced growth engines. However, efforts have been hampered for the past few years as broadcasting and communications industries remain conflicted […]